![]() ![]() Each of the three narrators craft bold portraits of each character, making you sympathize with each perspective quickly.and wonder who, exactly, has the most accurate version of reality. Rachel’s perspective isn’t the only one you’ll hear in this twisty listen-two other women complete the story, sharing experiences that will leave listeners sifting through each version for grains of truth. ![]() But when Rachel sees something shocking through the train window, and can’t help but dig into what happened, she sets off a chain of events with shocking consequences. To dull the pain, liven up her dreary life, and further self-destruct, Rachel crafts idealistic stories about their neighbors, imagining up lives she wishes she could have herself. ![]() Then Nella begins receiving threatening notes demanding she leave Wagner - and things take a devilishly twisted turn from there.In The Girl on the Train, Rachel Watson, recently divorced and slowly crumbling under the weight of alcoholism, is forced to relive her pain each time her train passes by her former home-where her ex-husband now resides with the woman he left her for-on her daily commute. Soon, however, Hazel becomes the office darling, while Nella’s status slips. So when a second Black employee, Hazel, begins working in the cubicle next door, Nella is initially elated to have someone to whom she can relate. The Other Black Girl is set in the corridors of Wagner Books, where editorial assistant Nella Rogers is the book publisher’s lone Black employee. And if that doesn’t intrigue you, then Harris’s gripping tale surely will. Among the voice talent narrating Harris’s acclaimed debut is Aja Naomi King from How to Get Away With Murder. Crack open this razor-sharp workplace mystery/ psychological thriller only when you have a good chunk of free time, because once you get into it, you’ll be hooked. The Other Black Girl, the instant New York Times bestseller from Zakiya Dalila Harris, is so addictive that we feel we have a duty to warn you. ![]()
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